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The EDI 423 Segments and Elements

Segment

Description

Sect

Req

Max Loop

Max Usage

Pos

BGN

Beginning Segment

H

M

0

1

1

DTM

Date/Time Reference

H

O

0

3

2

LQ

Industry Code Identification

H

O

0

1

3

QTY

Quantity Information

H

O

0

3

4

N1

Party Identification

H

M

5

1

5

N2

Additional Name Information

H

O

0

1

6

N3

Party Location

H

O

0

1

7

N4

Geographic Location

H

O

0

1

8

PER

Administrative Communications Contact

H

O

0

1

9

LX

Transaction Set Line Number

H

O

150

1

10

XD

Placement/Pull Data

H

O

0

1

11

N7

Equipment Details

H

O

500

1

12

YNQ

Yes/No Question

H

O

0

10

13

DTM

Date/Time Reference

H

O

0

10

14

XD

Placement/Pull Data

H

O

0

1

15

R2

Route Information

H

O

0

1

16

N1

Party Identification

H

O

0

1

17

N4

Geographic Location

H

O

0

1

18

L5

Description, Marks And Numbers

H

O

0

5

19

D9

Destination Station

H

O

0

1

20

F9

Origin Station

H

O

0

1

21

PER

Administrative Communications Contact

H

O

0

2

22

LH2

Hazardous Classification Information

H

O

0

2

23

LH6

Hazardous Certification

H

O

0

6

24

QTY

Quantity Information

H

O

0

2

25

N9

Extended Reference Information

H

O

0

10

26

LH1

Hazardous Identification Information

H

O

1000

1

27

LH2

Hazardous Classification Information

H

O

0

4

28

LH3

Hazardous Material Shipping Name Information

H

O

0

10

29

LFH

Free-Form Hazardous Material Information

H

O

0

20

30

LEP

Epa Required Data

H

O

0

3

31

LH4

Canadian Dangerous Requirements

H

O

0

4

32

LHT

Transborder Hazardous Requirements

H

O

0

3

33

LHR

Hazardous Material Identifying Reference Numbers

H

O

0

5

34

PER

Administrative Communications Contact

H

O

0

5

35

N1

Party Identification

H

O

10

1

36

N3

Party Location

H

O

0

2

37

N4

Geographic Location

H

O

0

1

38

PER

Administrative Communications Contact

H

O

0

2

39

Segment

Element

Description

Req

Min Length

Max Length

Type

BGN

1

Transaction Set Purpose Code

M

2

2

ID

BGN

2

Reference Identification

M

1

50

AN

BGN

3

Date

M

8

8

DT

BGN

4

Time

C

4

8

TM

BGN

5

Time Code

O

2

2

ID

BGN

6

Reference Identification

O

1

50

AN

BGN

7

Transaction Type Code

O

2

2

ID

BGN

8

Action Code

O

1

2

ID

BGN

9

Security Level Code

O

2

2

ID

DTM

1

Date/Time Qualifier

M

3

3

ID

DTM

2

Date

C

8

8

DT

DTM

3

Time

C

4

8

TM

DTM

4

Time Code

O

2

2

ID

DTM

5

Date Time Period Format Qualifier

C

2

3

ID

DTM

6

Date Time Period

C

1

35

AN

LQ

1

Code List Qualifier Code

O

1

3

ID

LQ

2

Industry Code

C

1

30

AN

QTY

1

Quantity Qualifier

M

2

2

ID

QTY

2

Quantity

C

1

15

R

QTY

3

Unit Or Basis For Measurement Code

O

2

2

ID

QTY

4

Exponent

O

1

15

R

QTY

5

Multiplier

O

1

10

R

QTY

6

Unit Or Basis For Measurement Code

O

2

2

ID

QTY

7

Exponent

O

1

15

R

QTY

8

Multiplier

O

1

10

R

QTY

9

Unit Or Basis For Measurement Code

O

2

2

ID

QTY

10

Exponent

O

1

15

R

QTY

11

Multiplier

O

1

10

R

QTY

12

Unit Or Basis For Measurement Code

O

2

2

ID

QTY

13

Exponent

O

1

15

R

QTY

14

Multiplier

O

1

10

R

QTY

15

Unit Or Basis For Measurement Code

O

2

2

ID

QTY

16

Exponent

O

1

15

R

QTY

17

Multiplier

O

1

10

R

QTY

18

Free-Form Information

C

1

30

AN

N1

1

Entity Identifier Code

M

2

3

ID

N1

2

Name

C

1

60

AN

N1

3

Identification Code Qualifier

C

1

2

ID

N1

4

Identification Code

C

2

80

AN

N1

5

Entity Relationship Code

O

2

2

ID

N1

6

Entity Identifier Code

O

2

3

ID

N2

1

Name

M

1

60

AN

N2

2

Name

O

1

60

AN

N3

1

Address Information

M

1

55

AN

N3

2

Address Information

O

1

55

AN

N4

1

City Name

O

2

30

AN

N4

2

State Or Province Code

C

2

2

ID

N4

3

Postal Code

O

3

15

ID

N4

4

Country Code

C

2

3

ID

N4

5

Location Qualifier

C

1

2

ID

N4

6

Location Identifier

O

1

30

AN

N4

7

Country Subdivision Code

C

1

3

ID

PER

1

Contact Function Code

M

2

2

ID

PER

2

Name

O

1

60

AN

PER

3

Communication Number Qualifier

C

2

2

ID

PER

4

Communication Number

C

1

256

AN

PER

5

Communication Number Qualifier

C

2

2

ID

PER

6

Communication Number

C

1

256

AN

PER

7

Communication Number Qualifier

C

2

2

ID

PER

8

Communication Number

C

1

256

AN

PER

9

Contact Inquiry Reference

O

1

20

AN

LX

1

Assigned Number

M

1

6

N0

XD

1

Switch Type Code

O

2

2

ID

XD

2

Location Identifier

O

1

30

AN

XD

3

Location Identifier

O

1

30

AN

XD

4

Load/Empty Status Code

O

1

1

ID

XD

5

Reject Reason Code

O

2

2

ID

N7

1

Equipment Initial

O

1

4

AN

N7

2

Equipment Number

M

1

15

AN

N7

3

Weight

C

1

10

R

N7

4

Weight Qualifier

C

1

2

ID

N7

5

Tare Weight

C

3

8

N0

N7

6

Weight Allowance

O

2

6

N0

N7

7

Dunnage

O

1

6

N0

N7

8

Volume

C

1

8

R8

N7

9

Volume Unit Qualifier

C

1

1

ID

N7

10

Ownership Code

O

1

1

ID

N7

11

Equipment Description Code

O

2

2

ID

N7

12

Standard Carrier Alpha Code

O

2

4

ID

N7

13

Temperature Control

O

3

6

AN

N7

14

Position

O

1

3

AN

N7

15

Equipment Length

O

4

5

N0

N7

16

Tare Qualifier Code

C

1

1

ID

N7

17

Weight Unit Code

O

1

1

ID

N7

18

Equipment Number Check Digit

O

1

1

N0

N7

19

Type Of Service Code

O

2

2

ID

N7

20

Height

O

1

8

R8

N7

21

Width

O

1

8

R8

N7

22

Equipment Type

O

4

4

ID

N7

23

Standard Carrier Alpha Code

O

2

4

ID

N7

24

Car Type Code

O

1

4

ID

YNQ

1

Condition Indicator

C

2

3

ID

YNQ

2

Yes/No Condition Or Response Code

M

1

1

ID

YNQ

3

Date Time Period Format Qualifier

C

2

3

ID

YNQ

4

Date Time Period

C

1

35

AN

YNQ

5

Free-Form Message Text

O

1

264

AN

YNQ

6

Free-Form Message Text

O

1

264

AN

YNQ

7

Free-Form Message Text

O

1

264

AN

YNQ

8

Code List Qualifier Code

C

1

3

ID

YNQ

9

Industry Code

C

1

30

AN

YNQ

10

Free-Form Message Text

C

1

264

AN

DTM

1

Date/Time Qualifier

M

3

3

ID

DTM

2

Date

C

8

8

DT

DTM

3

Time

C

4

8

TM

DTM

4

Time Code

O

2

2

ID

DTM

5

Date Time Period Format Qualifier

C

2

3

ID

DTM

6

Date Time Period

C

1

35

AN

XD

1

Switch Type Code

O

2

2

ID

XD

2

Location Identifier

O

1

30

AN

XD

3

Location Identifier

O

1

30

AN

XD

4

Load/Empty Status Code

O

1

1

ID

XD

5

Reject Reason Code

O

2

2

ID

R2

1

Standard Carrier Alpha Code

M

2

4

ID

R2

2

Routing Sequence Code

M

1

2

ID

R2

3

City Name

O

2

30

AN

R2

4

Standard Point Location Code

O

6

9

ID

R2

5

Intermodal Service Code

O

1

2

ID

R2

6

Transportation Method/Type Code

O

1

2

ID

R2

7

Intermediate Switch Carrier

C

2

4

ID

R2

8

Intermediate Switch Carrier

O

2

4

ID

R2

9

Invoice Number

O

1

22

AN

R2

10

Date

O

8

8

DT

R2

11

Free-Form Description

O

1

45

AN

R2

12

Type Of Service Code

O

2

2

ID

R2

13

Route Description

O

1

35

AN

N1

1

Entity Identifier Code

M

2

3

ID

N1

2

Name

C

1

60

AN

N1

3

Identification Code Qualifier

C

1

2

ID

N1

4

Identification Code

C

2

80

AN

N1

5

Entity Relationship Code

O

2

2

ID

N1

6

Entity Identifier Code

O

2

3

ID

N4

1

City Name

O

2

30

AN

N4

2

State Or Province Code

C

2

2

ID

N4

3

Postal Code

O

3

15

ID

N4

4

Country Code

C

2

3

ID

N4

5

Location Qualifier

C

1

2

ID

N4

6

Location Identifier

O

1

30

AN

N4

7

Country Subdivision Code

C

1

3

ID

L5

1

Lading Line Item Number

O

1

3

N0

L5

2

Lading Description

O

1

50

AN

L5

3

Commodity Code

C

1

30

AN

L5

4

Commodity Code Qualifier

C

1

1

ID

L5

5

Packaging Code

O

3

5

AN

L5

6

Marks And Numbers

C

1

48

AN

L5

7

Marks And Numbers Qualifier

O

1

2

ID

L5

8

Commodity Code Qualifier

C

1

1

ID

L5

9

Commodity Code

C

1

30

AN

L5

10

Compartment Id Code

O

1

1

ID

D9

1

Freight Station Accounting Code

O

1

5

ID

D9

2

City Name

M

2

30

AN

D9

3

State Or Province Code

M

2

2

ID

D9

4

Country Code

O

2

3

ID

D9

5

Freight Station Accounting Code

O

1

5

ID

D9

6

City Name

O

2

30

AN

D9

7

State Or Province Code

O

2

2

ID

D9

8

Standard Point Location Code

O

6

9

ID

D9

9

Postal Code

O

3

15

ID

D9

10

Standard Point Location Code

O

6

9

ID

D9

11

Postal Code

O

3

15

ID

D9

12

Country Code

O

2

3

ID

F9

1

Freight Station Accounting Code

O

1

5

ID

F9

2

City Name

M

2

30

AN

F9

3

State Or Province Code

M

2

2

ID

F9

4

Country Code

O

2

3

ID

F9

5

Freight Station Accounting Code

O

1

5

ID

F9

6

City Name

O

2

30

AN

F9

7

State Or Province Code

O

2

2

ID

F9

8

Standard Point Location Code

O

6

9

ID

F9

9

Postal Code

O

3

15

ID

F9

10

Standard Point Location Code

O

6

9

ID

F9

11

Postal Code

O

3

15

ID

F9

12

Country Code

O

2

3

ID

PER

1

Contact Function Code

M

2

2

ID

PER

2

Name

O

1

60

AN

PER

3

Communication Number Qualifier

C

2

2

ID

PER

4

Communication Number

C

1

256

AN

PER

5

Communication Number Qualifier

C

2

2

ID

PER

6

Communication Number

C

1

256

AN

PER

7

Communication Number Qualifier

C

2

2

ID

PER

8

Communication Number

C

1

256

AN

PER

9

Contact Inquiry Reference

O

1

20

AN

LH2

1

Hazardous Classification

O

1

30

ID

LH2

2

Hazardous Class Qualifier

O

1

1

ID

LH2

3

Hazardous Placard Notation

O

14

40

ID

LH2

4

Hazardous Endorsement

O

4

25

ID

LH2

5

Reportable Quantity Code

O

2

2

ID

LH2

6

Unit Or Basis For Measurement Code

C

2

2

ID

LH2

7

Temperature

C

1

4

R4

LH2

8

Unit Or Basis For Measurement Code

C

2

2

ID

LH2

9

Temperature

C

1

4

R4

LH2

10

Unit Or Basis For Measurement Code

C

2

2

ID

LH2

11

Temperature

C

1

4

R4

LH2

12

Weight Unit Code

C

1

1

ID

LH2

13

Net Explosive Quantity

C

1

10

N0

LH6

1

Name

O

1

60

AN

LH6

2

Hazardous Certification Code

C

1

1

ID

LH6

3

Hazardous Certification Declaration

C

1

25

AN

LH6

4

Hazardous Certification Declaration

O

1

25

AN

QTY

1

Quantity Qualifier

M

2

2

ID

QTY

2

Quantity

C

1

15

R

QTY

3

Unit Or Basis For Measurement Code

O

2

2

ID

QTY

4

Exponent

O

1

15

R

QTY

5

Multiplier

O

1

10

R

QTY

6

Unit Or Basis For Measurement Code

O

2

2

ID

QTY

7

Exponent

O

1

15

R

QTY

8

Multiplier

O

1

10

R

QTY

9

Unit Or Basis For Measurement Code

O

2

2

ID

QTY

10

Exponent

O

1

15

R

QTY

11

Multiplier

O

1

10

R

QTY

12

Unit Or Basis For Measurement Code

O

2

2

ID

QTY

13

Exponent

O

1

15

R

QTY

14

Multiplier

O

1

10

R

QTY

15

Unit Or Basis For Measurement Code

O

2

2

ID

QTY

16

Exponent

O

1

15

R

QTY

17

Multiplier

O

1

10

R

QTY

18

Free-Form Information

C

1

30

AN

N9

1

Reference Identification Qualifier

M

2

3

ID

N9

2

Reference Identification

C

1

50

AN

N9

3

Free-Form Description

C

1

45

AN

N9

4

Date

O

8

8

DT

N9

5

Time

C

4

8

TM

N9

6

Time Code

O

2

2

ID

N9

7

Reference Identification Qualifier

O

2

3

ID

N9

8

Reference Identification

O

1

50

AN

N9

9

Reference Identification Qualifier

O

2

3

ID

N9

10

Reference Identification

O

1

50

AN

N9

11

Reference Identification Qualifier

O

2

3

ID

N9

12

Reference Identification

O

1

50

AN

LH1

1

Unit Or Basis For Measurement Code

M

2

2

ID

LH1

2

Lading Quantity

M

1

7

N0

LH1

3

Un/Na Identification Code

O

6

6

ID

LH1

4

Hazardous Materials Page

O

1

6

AN

LH1

5

Commodity Code

O

1

30

AN

LH1

6

Unit Or Basis For Measurement Code

O

2

2

ID

LH1

7

Quantity

O

1

15

R

LH1

8

Compartment Id Code

O

1

1

ID

LH1

9

Residue Indicator Code

O

1

1

ID

LH1

10

Packing Group Code

O

1

3

ID

LH1

11

Interim Hazardous Material Regulatory Number

O

1

5

AN

LH2

1

Hazardous Classification

O

1

30

ID

LH2

2

Hazardous Class Qualifier

O

1

1

ID

LH2

3

Hazardous Placard Notation

O

14

40

ID

LH2

4

Hazardous Endorsement

O

4

25

ID

LH2

5

Reportable Quantity Code

O

2

2

ID

LH2

6

Unit Or Basis For Measurement Code

C

2

2

ID

LH2

7

Temperature

C

1

4

R4

LH2

8

Unit Or Basis For Measurement Code

C

2

2

ID

LH2

9

Temperature

C

1

4

R4

LH2

10

Unit Or Basis For Measurement Code

C

2

2

ID

LH2

11

Temperature

C

1

4

R4

LH2

12

Weight Unit Code

C

1

1

ID

LH2

13

Net Explosive Quantity

C

1

10

N0

LH3

1

Hazardous Material Shipping Name

C

1

25

AN

LH3

2

Hazardous Material Shipping Name Qualifier

C

1

1

ID

LH3

3

N.O.S. Indicator Code

O

3

3

ID

LH3

4

Yes/No Condition Or Response Code

O

1

1

ID

LFH

1

Hazardous Material Shipment Information Qualifier

M

3

3

ID

LFH

2

Hazardous Material Shipment Information

M

1

25

AN

LFH

3

Hazardous Material Shipment Information

O

1

25

AN

LFH

4

Hazard Zone Code

O

1

1

ID

LFH

5

Unit Or Basis For Measurement Code

C

2

2

ID

LFH

6

Quantity

C

1

15

R

LFH

7

Quantity

O

1

15

R

LFH

8

Date

O

8

8

DT

LEP

1

Epa Waste Stream Number Code

O

4

6

ID

LEP

2

Waste Characteristics Code

O

12

16

ID

LEP

3

State Or Province Code

C

2

2

ID

LEP

4

Reference Identification

C

1

50

AN

LH4

1

Emergency Response Plan Number

C

1

12

AN

LH4

2

Communication Number

C

1

256

AN

LH4

3

Packing Group Code

O

1

3

ID

LH4

4

Subsidiary Classification

O

1

3

ID

LH4

5

Subsidiary Classification

O

1

3

ID

LH4

6

Subsidiary Classification

O

1

3

ID

LH4

7

Subsidiary Risk Indicator

O

1

2

ID

LH4

8

Net Explosive Quantity

C

1

10

N0

LH4

9

Canadian Hazardous Notation

O

1

25

AN

LH4

10

Special Commodity Indicator Code

O

1

1

ID

LH4

11

Communication Number

O

1

256

AN

LH4

12

Unit Or Basis For Measurement Code

C

2

2

ID

LHT

1

Hazardous Classification

O

1

30

ID

LHT

2

Hazardous Placard Notation

O

14

40

ID

LHT

3

Hazardous Endorsement

O

4

25

ID

LHR

1

Reference Identification Qualifier

M

2

3

ID

LHR

2

Reference Identification

M

1

50

AN

LHR

3

Date

O

8

8

DT

PER

1

Contact Function Code

M

2

2

ID

PER

2

Name

O

1

60

AN

PER

3

Communication Number Qualifier

C

2

2

ID

PER

4

Communication Number

C

1

256

AN

PER

5

Communication Number Qualifier

C

2

2

ID

PER

6

Communication Number

C

1

256

AN

PER

7

Communication Number Qualifier

C

2

2

ID

PER

8

Communication Number

C

1

256

AN

PER

9

Contact Inquiry Reference

O

1

20

AN

N1

1

Entity Identifier Code

M

2

3

ID

N1

2

Name

C

1

60

AN

N1

3

Identification Code Qualifier

C

1

2

ID

N1

4

Identification Code

C

2

80

AN

N1

5

Entity Relationship Code

O

2

2

ID

N1

6

Entity Identifier Code

O

2

3

ID

N3

1

Address Information

M

1

55

AN

N3

2

Address Information

O

1

55

AN

N4

1

City Name

O

2

30

AN

N4

2

State Or Province Code

C

2

2

ID

N4

3

Postal Code

O

3

15

ID

N4

4

Country Code

C

2

3

ID

N4

5

Location Qualifier

C

1

2

ID

N4

6

Location Identifier

O

1

30

AN

N4

7

Country Subdivision Code

C

1

3

ID

PER

1

Contact Function Code

M

2

2

ID

PER

2

Name

O

1

60

AN

PER

3

Communication Number Qualifier

C

2

2

ID

PER

4

Communication Number

C

1

256

AN

PER

5

Communication Number Qualifier

C

2

2

ID

PER

6

Communication Number

C

1

256

AN

PER

7

Communication Number Qualifier

C

2

2

ID

PER

8

Communication Number

C

1

256

AN

PER

9

Contact Inquiry Reference

O

1

20

AN

Official Definition:Industrial Switch List Transaction Set (423) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. The transaction set is intended solely for producing switch lists and equipment notifications. It is not for recording release times and the ordering of empty equipment. It is also to provide switching information agreed to between customer and carrier to show car identity, placement, pull and destination information.